At this point in the presidential elections, time is running out. Each political camp is working hard to maintain its lead or catch up. The latest controversy about Joe Biden‘s comments is another distraction being created by the McCain campaign. The latest polls are showing clearly that the issue that matters the most to the [...]

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The McCain campaign is in a serious position of losing the coming elections. According to the latest CNN polls, in some of the states known traditionally as pro-Republican red states that were won easily by President Bush in 2004, John McCain is losing ground, forcing him and his running mate to campaign hard, flying between [...]

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Don’t mistake this picture for Berlin. More than 100,000 people came to watch and listen to Senator Obama in Missouri Saturday. In his speech he warned his supporters to stay focused and not let their guards down based on the polls. The election is not won yet. As the Fang of Gabon say, “You can’t [...]

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Getting an endorsement from a respected Republican Colin Powell is a great news for Barack Obama. Senator Obama needs such an endorsement two weeks before the election. As the Bayaka of the equatorial forest of Congo say, ” When a child fails, he belongs to his parents. When he succeeds, he belongs to the whole [...]

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America is a great country, but also a country of contradiction. A country where anybody can be anything, a country where a criminal can become a celebrity or a celebrity can become a criminal. “Celebrities” are born everyday. After making Sarah Palin a celebrity, John McCain just made a new celebrity of “Joe the plumber“. [...]

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During the last debate, the Senator from Illinois Barack Obama showed his maturity and the better understanding of the situation that the United States is facing. Who could believe that a couple of months ago, his political opponents — within his own party and the Republican party — were saying that he was not ready [...]

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The third and final debate was tonight. I was not very surprised by John McCain‘s aggressive attacks. He’s behind on national polls. I was expecting John McCain to bring back all the garbage such as ACORN or Bill Ayers and forget to talk about the real challenges that America is facing. Once again the new [...]

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This presidential election is the most exciting election that I have ever witnessed in America. This is the first time that I have seen so much enthusiasm among the African-American community everywhere in the country. Yes, a man of color is running for the highest job ever. That explains such excitement. For the older generation [...]

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Back to politics. The presidential election is 21 days away. The new polls released today show that the gap is growing between Senator Obama and Senator McCain. Today was also one of the rare days that the GOP candidate was more focused on the economy than on attacking his opponent. John McCain certainly learned in [...]

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What a week in politics! America just shifted from the financial crisis to McCain supporters’ attacks against his political opponents. I feel like Senator McCain is trapped in his own game: what he believed to be the best way to slow down the rising of his political opponent in the polls. Although, I have to [...]

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